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Virus update
While the entire city of Wuhan has been quarantined, Beijing is pretty quiet too.
This is the city that nobody will wear masks for toxic air quality, and yet everyone is now wearing breathing masks.....
Yesterday was Chinese New Year's Day. And normally at night the fireworks displays around town are amazing. This year they have been weak.
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There's an App for that.
As the world turns, technology advances, and for the most part it advances to benefit everyone. Sometimes, though technology advances for the sake of advancing.
My family and I have been abroad for years, and technology in china advances pretty fast, but what advances more than I would like is the acceptance of that technology without question. It ( Read more... ) -
The F WORD
This morning my 8 year old daughter and I were riding the elevator and another family got on, so my daughter held the door for them. I am quite proud of how my children are being raised and that they show respect to those around us ( Read more... ) -
Holiday is over.
Fall has fallen, and school has sprung. The summer holiday of heat and more heat has finally finished.
Do to some unforeseen circumstances our Holiday plans got changed at the last minute, and we were left in Beijing for the holiday. The children's friends all left the city for parts known and unknown. The heat became unbearable outside at some ( Read more... ) -
The State of the World, and how sad we all are...
Having been out of Canada now for a large part of my life, I guess I hold what I believe are the Canadian Values close to my heart. I teach my children right from wrong, and how to think about other people feelings before acting. I teach my children to be proud of themselves, and to stand up for themselves. I teach them to help others whenever we ( Read more... ) -
This week not shaping up like we expected....
This week has been, so far mostly disappointing. I know when you make plans you should have a plan "B", but we were not expecting things to turn out the way they have ( Read more... ) -
Fundazzle
Sitting at a place near central Beijing called "Fundazzle." It's a children's gymboree playground. Watching my children reminds me of how different they are. My daughter, Samantha, arrived here and shot off climbing on everything, jumping, sliding so fast she was like a blurr. My son, Joshua, sauntered around analyzing the entire playground before ( Read more... ) -
Chinese New Year Holiday!
Superhero camp finished on Sunday. We had a wonderful time with it. My partner for the camp was "Bat-Josh" (Joshua Bateman), our local grade 1 & 3 Science teacher. It turns out he has a degree in Video Editing and Media. So our part of the camp was to teach the kids how to act like superheroes and make a small movie. We filmed a lot of stuff. ( Read more... ) -
Science Fiction, Space & Superheroes!
So Apparently I am blocked out of my wordpress, not by the Great Firewall of China but by the school firewall. Which has lead me to some frustrations ( Read more... )
